Combined milk and creaming can



(No Model.) 1

D. H. BROWN.

COMBINED MILK AND GREAMING CAN? NO. 366,148. Patented July 5, 1887.

Unurnn STATES Parent? Urrren.

DANIEL,H. BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED MILK AND CREAlVIING CAN.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,14c8, dated July 5, 1887.

Application filed October 16, 1886. Serial No. 216,379. (No model.)

To all whom, it'may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. BROWN, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, naveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Milk and Oreaming Can,

' of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, that will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a milk and creaming can that is more especially intended to hold the supply for daily consumption; and the same consists of certain novel features in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, whereby the milk and cream are automatically separated from each other into different compartments 1n the same can, and from which they may be drawn off through independent channels in such quantities as may be required for immediate use.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a device embodying my improved features; Fig. 2, a horizontal section in the plane 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a horizontal section in the plane 3, Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents the milk-can proper, which is ofa cylindrical form; a, the handle; a, the cover; a, the bottom, and a a cylindrical supporting-base open at the lower end. An inner or second compartment, B, is arranged in the center of the can A. This compartment B is in the form of a cylindrical tube, the upper end opening in the can proper at a point below the top, while the lower end is closed and projects a little below the bottom of the can, sothat the faucet O can be conveniently inserted in the same without entering the milk-compartment, as shown in Fig. 1. This inner compartment is intended for the cream-reservoir, and will be of a capacity proportionate to that of the milk holding compartment. The diaphragm or skimmer D is seated loosely on the upper open end of the tube 13, and is provided with the large central opening, I), which affords a passage through the'same into said tube or inner compartment. This skimmer is also provided with numerous minute perforations, b and resents an inclined surface so that the cream settling on the same will freely run or gravitate into the central compartment, and may then be drawn out through the fauest 0 when required for use. The skimmer is of a less diameter than the milk-can proper, in order to provide the annular space (1 between the diaphragm and the inclosing-receptacle for the passage of the cream in rising to the surface of the milk. The minute perforations 1) will be of such a size as to allow the cream globules to pass up through. The sloping surface of the under side of the skimmer will also conduct the floating globules to the space d.

The hand-grasp d provides means whereby the skimmer may be conveniently removed and replaced in position.

The milk is drawn off through the companion-faucet O, inserted in the outer receptacle or can proper.

\Vhen put into use, the receptacle .should be filled up with milk to a point above the skimmer and on a level with the top of the hand grasp on the same, and whieh'also serves as a gage to give the capacity of the can. After the cream-raising process is completed a portion of the milk should be drawn off through the cream-faucet C, the cream set tling and concentrating toward the center of the skimmer and entering the compartment Y as the milk is withdrawn; This brings the milk down to a level with the top of the creamcompartment, and either the cream or milk may then be drawn off through their respective channels, as may be required. By this arrangement the milk and cream are automatically separated into different compartments, and yet both remain in the same general receptacle, and either milk or cream may be readily drawn out at any time, and in just such quantities as may be required, without removing the cover from the can each time and thereby exposing the contents to the air and dust particles, thus making it possible to keep the supply sweet and pure for a number of days.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a milk and creaming can, the combination, with the inner compartment or tube,

B, opening into the can proper, of the perforated diaphragm D, having an inclined surface and seated loosely on the upper end of said tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth 2. In a milk and oreaming can, the combination, with the outer receptacle, A, of the inner compartment, B, the removable perforated diaphragm or skimmer D, whereby the a 10 milk andvcream are automatically separated,

[and means for drawing off the contents of either compartment independently of the other when so separated, and in just such quantities as may be Iequiredfor immediate use, sub- Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, L. B. COUPLAND. 

